Malik Obama, President Barack Obama's half-brother, has been in the news a lot recently. He expressed support for Republican candidate Donald Trump, was a guest at the third presidential debate and also asked the president to pardon Julian Assange.

In a development that may be related to his political leanings (or not), Malik's Twitter account was hacked Saturday evening. Tweets appeared that abused both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and also alluded to the fact that he uses a Yahoo email account, which may have been the source of the hack.

The offensive tweets, as well as others apparently posted by the hacker, have since been deleted and Malik is back in control of his account, which was verified by Twitter late Saturday evening following the incident. He promptly reaffirmed his support for Trump, calling the Republican nominee the "White Malcolm X" and "Malcolm X resurrected." He also declared that he would vote for Trump on Monday.

Malik, who holds dual citizenship of U.S. and Kenya, also posted a series of anti-Obama tweets after his account was verified. He called the U.S. president and his wife Michelle "hypocrites" and accused his half-brother of mistreating his grandmother, Sarah Obama.

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